Are you thinking of Upgrading to Windows 7?

If you are thinking of upgrading to Windows 7, please download and run the following Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor uitiliy to see if your system is Windows 7 capable and what version of Windows 7 you can install.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1b544e90-7659-4bd9-9e51-2497c146af15&displayLang=en

Monster Patch Tuesday on tap: 13 bulletins, 34 vulnerabilities

Microsoft is planning a bumper Patch Tuesday next week — 13 bulletins covering 34 security vulnerabilities in a wide range of products. Eight of the 13 bulletins will be rated “critical,” Microsoft’s highest severity rating.


According to Microsoft’s advance notice, the patches coming on October 13 includes fixes for two serious issues that are well-known and already documented — a code execution bug in SMB v2 and a gaping hole in FTP in IIS.
 
Affected products include Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office, Silverlight, Microsoft Forefront, Developer Tools, and SQL Server.

New Adobe PDF flaw under attack; Patch coming Tuesday!!!

Adobe has confirmed a critical, unpatched vulnerability in its PDF Reader/Acrobat software is being exploited by malicious attackers.




The vulnerability affects Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.1.3 and earlier versions on Windows, Macintosh and UNIX. Adobe described the in-the wild attacks as limited and targeted, suggesting PDF documents rigged with exploits are being attached to e-mails and sent to business targets.



The exploit only targets Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.1.3 on Windows.
 

Microsoft patches gaping Windows worm holes

Microsoft today released a peck of patches to cover at least seven documented worm holes in the Windows operating system.

The most serious of the vulnerabilities addresses could lead to remote code execution complete system takeover attacks.

Backup

Backup, Backup, Backup.

While it sounds like I’m giving a driving lesson, I’m really preaching about the necessity of keeping our memories and work safe from outside threats, and from ourselves (accidental file deletion, etc.). While Microsoft and Apple have given us tools in Windows Vista and Mac OS 10.5 Leopard, respectively, people still aren’t using these backup apps. Windows Vista Basic and Premium have a reasonably easy-to-use Backup and Restore Center program that can automatically backup important folders like Documents, Pictures, and Music. Vista Business, Enterprise and Ultimate edition have a more advanced PC backup solution. Mac OS X 10.5 has Time Machine, which provides continuous backup of a hard drive’s data as well as providing disaster recovery features. The thing is, even though you have the tools, you need somewhere to store all these files in case the hard drive in your PC or Mac fails (which is inevitable if you keep your machine long enough). Enter the compact hard drive. Compact hard drives have capacities larger than the hard drives most desktops and laptops came with, and they’re portable, to boot! You can use them either as an insurance policy for your laptop or to shuttle data back and forth from your home PC to your work PC.

Call The Tech 2 Know! for affordable solutions to keep your information safe. 480-353-8655

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Backup your DATA!!!

It only takes a few moments of your time to back up your pertinent information on your system. There are so many ways to back up your data. You can use a USB Flash drive, CD, Memory Stick, External Hard drive or "a 3 1/5" floppy if you have nothing else."

Most Important items to backup:

Documents
Pictures
Music
Any accounting files
Mail files (.pst if using Outlook)